EXCLUSIVE: Julia Butters (The Fabelmans), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Martin Freeman (Fargo) and Taylor Schilling (Pam & Tommy) have been tapped as the leads for the folk horror film Queen of Bones, from Appian Way, Lumanity Productions and Productivity Media, which has entered production in Canada.Queen of Bones follows twin siblings Lily (Butters) and Sam (Tremblay) who live at a remote homestead with their widowed father, Malcolm (Freeman), a violinmaker in 1931 Oregon.
When Lily and Sam find an Icelandic spell book in the cellar, they begin to suspect a connection between their mother’s death and dark forces in the woods.
They then embark on a dangerous mission to force their father and his friend, Ida May (Schilling), to reveal the truth.Robert Budreau (Delia’s Gone) is directing from a script by Michael Burgner (The Darkest Corner of Paradise).Queen of Bones is the latest project to reteam Budreau with Productivity Media, following their work together on titles including Delia’s Gone, Stockholm and Born to Be Blue.
Producers include Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton; Budreau through his Lumanity Productions; and Productivity Media’s William G.
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